Source: RICHMOND COUNTY DAILY JOURNAL, 8/14/20


In May of this year, I was among the first graduate students in the University of California to defend my dissertation via computer instead of in person. After finishing the written version of my dissertation in June, I packed up my house full of stuff, said good-bye to my friends, and left my adopted state of California. While a moving van brought my belongings, a friend and I drove across the country on I-40, including through two of the most COVID-infected states, in my 2004 Mini Cooper.

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